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/ˈpɪti.əbəl/
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ˈpɪti.əbəl
Adjective
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
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Mr Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs, had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf.
The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful. It was not the faintness of physical weakness, though confinement and hard fare no doubt had their part in it. Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse. It was like the last feeble echo of a sound made long and long ago.
Fatigued by riding on horseback, bedevilled and begrimed by the ride on manback, he presented a pitiable spectacle, and went on his way to Naples in sad plight.
Adjective
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
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their efforts were pathetic
pitiable lack of character
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pitiful exhibition of cowardice
deserving or inciting pity
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a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
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piteous appeals for help
pitiable homeless children
a pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life